Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue
Background: Lobular carcinoma in accessory breast tissue is a rare occurrence. We present such a case in a 61-year-old woman. Case presentation: A skin nodule in the axillary skin on excision biopsy revealed invasive lobular carcinoma. Conclusions: Carcinoma in accessory breast tissue is unco...
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| author | Devine, Catriona Courtney, Carol-Ann Deb, Rahul Agrawal, Amit |
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| description | Background: Lobular carcinoma in accessory breast tissue is a rare occurrence. We present such a case in a 61-year-old woman.
Case presentation: A skin nodule in the axillary skin on excision biopsy revealed invasive lobular carcinoma.
Conclusions: Carcinoma in accessory breast tissue is uncommon especially invasive lobular type. A high index of suspicion may avoid late diagnosis. |
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| spelling | nottingham-29272020-05-04T16:35:44Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2927/ Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue Devine, Catriona Courtney, Carol-Ann Deb, Rahul Agrawal, Amit Background: Lobular carcinoma in accessory breast tissue is a rare occurrence. We present such a case in a 61-year-old woman. Case presentation: A skin nodule in the axillary skin on excision biopsy revealed invasive lobular carcinoma. Conclusions: Carcinoma in accessory breast tissue is uncommon especially invasive lobular type. A high index of suspicion may avoid late diagnosis. BioMed Central 2013-02-26 Article PeerReviewed Devine, Catriona, Courtney, Carol-Ann, Deb, Rahul and Agrawal, Amit (2013) Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 11 (47). 47/1-47/2. ISSN 1477-7819 http://www.wjso.com/content/11/1/47 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-11-47 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-11-47 |
| spellingShingle | Devine, Catriona Courtney, Carol-Ann Deb, Rahul Agrawal, Amit Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue |
| title | Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue |
| title_full | Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue |
| title_fullStr | Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue |
| title_short | Invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue |
| title_sort | invasive lobular carcinoma arising in accessory breast tissue |
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